KANSAS CITY, Mo. – In a display of unity between the NAIA Golf Teams, the coaching body selects the University of the Southwest (N.M.) to the top line of this week's Coaches' Top 25 Poll, released Friday by the national office.
The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw two teams sit in the top-25, with UBC dropping to No. 5 and Lewis-Clark State College jumping three spots to No. 16.
2021-22 NAIA Men’s Golf Coaches' Top 25 Poll
| RANK |
LAST |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
CONFERENCE |
POINTS |
| T1 |
NR |
Southwest (N.M.) [18] |
Red River |
484 |
| T1 |
1 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
The Sun |
484 |
| 2 |
2 |
USC Beaufort (S.C.) |
The Sun |
467 |
| 3 |
5 |
Coastal Georgia |
The Sun |
443 |
| 4 |
7 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
The Sun |
417 |
| 5 |
4 |
British Columbia |
Cascade |
407 |
| 6 |
3 |
Oklahoma City |
Sooner |
395 |
| 7 |
17 |
Ottawa (Ariz.) |
GSAC |
384 |
| 8 |
8 |
Point (Ga.) |
Appalachian |
366 |
| 9 |
9 |
Houston-Victoria (Texas) |
Red River |
329 |
| 10 |
10 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
Sooner |
324 |
| 11 |
6 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
North Star |
319 |
| 12 |
14 |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
Appalachian |
287 |
| 13 |
12 |
Dalton State (Ga.) |
Southern-States |
270 |
| 14 |
13 |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
The Sun |
262 |
| 15 |
25 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
Cal Pac |
261 |
| 16 |
19 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
Cascade |
254 |
| 17 |
18 |
Southwestern Christian (Okla.) |
Sooner |
232 |
| 18 |
11 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
Crossroads |
219 |
| 19 |
20 |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
Appalachian |
184 |
| 20 |
16 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
Frontier |
176 |
| 21 |
NR |
Texas Wesleyan |
Sooner |
159 |
| 22 |
15 |
Marian (Ind.) |
Crossroads |
141 |
| 23 |
23 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
Mid-South |
131 |
| 24 |
NR |
The Master's (Calif.) |
GSAC |
127 |
| 25 |
22 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
GPAC |
120 |
Dropped from poll: Missouri Valley
Receiving Votes: Missouri Valley 112; Victoria (B.C.) 90; Truett McConnell (Ga.) 47; Webber International (Fla.) 20; Roosevelt (Ill.) 19; Bethany (Kan.) 13; Midway (Ky.) 4; Cumberland (Tenn.) 4; Tennessee Southern (Tenn.) 3
Poll Methodology
• The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences.
• Each conference is represented by one rater.
• The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place and so on through the list.
• The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) is removed and the team’s ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appear on.
• Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes.”